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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Logres, Lewis, and the Fourth of July

Jared Wilson does a nice job of unpacking Lewis' view of the Logres: The gist of the Logres idea is that God’s original plan for the races, nations,

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

Self-Quantification and the End of Wisdom

photo © 2008 Porter Novelli Global | more info(via: Wylio) Self-quantification has a strong allure precisely because it combines two deeply rooted promises of American culture:  that we will achieve

Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels

Earthen Vessels Goes to Phoenix

Sex, yoga, and a theology of the body. That’s what I’m going to be talking about next Thursday night in Phoenix at Redemption Church’s “Arcadia Theology Forum” from 6-8 PM. If you’re in the area, come on out.  I’d love […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Soft Bigotry of Low (Sexual) Expectations

photo © 2009 Palliativo | more info(via: Wylio)From the department of bad ideas: Patty Skudlarek strives to be a responsible parent. That's why she says she told her

Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels

Whitewashed Tombs and Gucci.

I’m really thankful that The Gospel Coalition folks have taken up the theme of evangelical spirituality. It’s a sensitive topic in a lot of quarters, as it’s easy to play fast and loose with “spirituality” in a way that’s really […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels

Body Hacking and the Body

Late last week, I made my debut at Q Ideas, which has become a hub for lots of interesting and thoughtful content by and for the younger evangelical crowd. I’m thankful for my new friend Jonathan Merritt for the opportunity, […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Religious Liberties and Gay Marriage in New York

photo © 2010 Fibonacci Blue | more info(via: Wylio) The slow expansion of gay rights across the nation took a step forward late Friday night with the extension of marriage to

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

Postmodernism Can't Be.

Theologian John Caputo, quoted at my friend Christopher Benson's blog, with a rather unsatisfying explanation of "postmodernism." "Postmodernism thus is not relativism or scepticism, as

Kevin WhiteChurch

Voluntarity, Variety, and the Young Reformed

I want to offer something between an addendum and a counterpoint to Matt's excellent guest post at Ben Simpson's blog. He rightly describes how, in late

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

On Voluntarity and the Young Reformed

I have some idiosyncratic thoughts about what might have added fuel to the explosion of interest in Reformed thought over at Ben Simpson's blog this morning. With EV

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Decline of Divorce

Pamela Paul, author of Starter Marriages, examines the restigmatization of divorce within the upper middle classes: “That this change has occurred mainly among the affluent suggests it’s not just

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The Meaning of Mediation

John Dyer is continuing the conversation about mediation, and doing it in classic Dyer style--thorough and sensitive: One way of distinguishing between a cultural good and a medium is